José Luís Marques Peixoto (; born September 4, 1974) is a Portuguese author, poet and playwright. A professional writer since 2001, his works have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Biography José Luis Peixoto was born in the village of Galveias, in the Portuguese region of Alentejo. He lived in Galveias until the age of 18. He obtained a bachelor's degree in modern languages and literature from NOVA University Lisbon. After university, he was a teacher for some years in several schools in Portugal and Cape Verde, before becoming a professional writer in 2001.
Peixoto's first book, Morreste-me (English title: You Died on Me), was published in 2000. In 2001, he became the youngest ever recipient of the José Saramago Prize, at the age of 27, for his novel Nenhum Olhar.
Piexoto is a student of Mandarin, taught by the poet Yao Feng.
International editions Translated editions of Peixoto's books are available from the following publishers: Bloomsbury (UK), Doubleday, Random House (US), Grasset, Seuil (France), Literatura Random House (Spanish-speaking countries), Companhia das Letras (Brazil), Einaudi (Italy), Kedros (Greece), Meulenhoff, Atlas Contact (Nederlands), Kineret (Israel), Wsoy (Finland), Polirom (Romania), Bozicevic (Croatia), Bakur Sulakauri (Georgia), Kontrast (Serbia), among others.
Awards 2001: José Saramago Prize, for Nenhum Olhar (best novel published in all Portuguese speaking countries on the two previous years) 2007: Premio Cálamo, for Cemitério de Pianos (best foreign novel published in Spain in 2007) 2008: Prémio de Poesia Daniel Faria, for Gaveta de Papéis (best poetry book published in Portugal by a poet under 35 years old) 2013: Prémio da Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, for A Criança em Ruínas (best poetry book published in Portugal on the previous year) 2013: Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa, for Livro (best novel published in Europe in 2012) 2016: Oceanos Prize, for Galveias (best novel published in all Portuguese-speaking countries in 2015) 2019: The Best Translation Award-Japan for Galveias (best foreign novel translated into Japanese in 2019)
Bibliography
Novels 2000: Nenhum Olhar (English titles: Blank Gaze (UK), The Implacable Order of Things (US)) 2002: Uma Casa na Escuridão 2006: Cemitério de Pianos (English title: The Piano Cemetery) 2010: Livro 2014: Galveias 2015: Em Teu Ventre 2019: Autobiografia 2021: Almoço de Domingo Short-novels/fictional narrative
2000: Morreste-me (English title: You Died on Me) 2003: Antídoto 2008: Cal 2011: Abraço 2022: Onde
Poetry 2001: A Criança em Ruínas 2002: A Casa, a Escuridão 2008: Gaveta de Papéis 2020: Regresso a Casa
Travel literature 2012: Dentro do Segredo: Uma viagem na Coreia do Norte 2017: O Caminho Imperfeito
Children's literature
2012: A Mãe que Chovia 2016: Todos os Escritores do Mundo Têm a Cabeça Cheia de Piolhos
References
External links Official website Travel website (in Portuguese) Peixoto at Bloomsbury